Trump touted his blocked travel ban as police responded to 'terrorist incidents' in London

U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump listens to questions from reporters
while appearing with Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma after
their meeting at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., January 9,
2017.REUTERS/Mike
Segar

"We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to
give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level
of safety," Trump
tweeted, before authorities in London could confirm full
details of the incidents.

"Whatever the United States can do to help out in London and the
U. K., we will be there - WE ARE WITH YOU. GOD BLESS!"

London police said they believe six people and three suspects are
dead following terrorist incidents at the London Bridge and
nearby Borough Market.

British police responded to the incidents across London on
Saturday evening, after witnesses reported a vehicle mowing down
pedestrians on the London Bridge, and subsequent stabbings at
Borough Market.

The DOJ's petition asks the high court's nine-justice panel to
rule on the legality of Trump's order. In a May ruling halting
the order, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals argued that the
travel ban "drips with religious intolerance, animus, and
discrimination," citing in part Trump's campaign-trail rhetoric
that called for a
"total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the US.